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Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain has pledged her ongoing support for victims and children suffering through domestic abuse and urged them to seek both safety and justice. Ms Bain renewed the commitment of prosecutors to use the full force of the law against perpetrators in pursuit of a safer Scotland for

A former ‘house mother’ who abused children in her care in the '60s and '70s has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Retired social worker, Euphemia Ramsay, was found guilty of the cruel treatment of two children while she was employed at Quarriers Village, a residential ca

A rail company has been fined £6,700,000 for health and safety failings which led to a train derailment and the tragic loss of three lives. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which owns and operates Great Britain’s railway infrastructure, pled guilty to a contravention of Sections 3(1)

A man with links to serious organised crime who operated a multi-million pound smuggling operation to traffic Class A drugs from South America to Scotland has been jailed for three years and nine months. Tony Bennett, 33, relied on trusted couriers to import raw cocaine and heroin from Ecuador.

Two members of a county lines drug trafficking gang have been jailed for a total of 11 years and three months. Mohammed Miah, 28, and Abdul Khan, 24, set up an operation to ferry substantial amounts of heroin and cocaine from their home city of Bradford to Edinburgh.

South Lanarkshire Council has been fined £90,000 for health and safety failings which left a worker with severe injuries. The local authority pled guilty to a charge under health and safety legislation at Hamilton Sheriff Court after a road worker suffered a traumatic amputation when his arm w

Twin brothers who left a charity cyclist to die on a remote Highland roadside after hitting him with their pick-up truck before hiding his body in a pit set aside for animal carcasses have been jailed for a total of 17 years and three months. Alexander McKellar, 31, was driving the vehicle at high s

A tram company has been fined £240,000 following the tragic death of a 53-year-old pedestrian. Edinburgh Trams Limited, which operates the tramway system on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council, pled guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.

The office manager of an Edinburgh property firm who embarked on a luxury lifestyle after obtaining more than £900,000 through embezzlement and fraud has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Emma Hunt, 37, spent thousands on parties, hospitality at sporting events, hotel stays, a

An Ellon-based tyre company has been fined £9,800 for health and safety breaches which came to light as part of an investigation into the death of an employee. Kairdson Tyres Limited, who provided vehicle recovery services to Police Scotland, pled guilty to failing to ensure their employees ha

A Glasgow teenager who stabbed a 14-year-old schoolboy and left him dying on a railway platform has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years. Daniel Haig, from Glasgow, murdered 14-year-old Justin McLaughlin with a single knife blow which penetrated the boy’s heart. Haig was 16 at the time. At th

A fugitive who was extradited from Brazil has been jailed for nine years and ten months after pleading guilty to offences linked to serious organised crime James White, 46, was sentenced at the High Court in Stirling after admitting a charge of directing serious organised crime.

A career criminal who acted as a “wages” paymaster to elite gangland figures and their families has been jailed for four years and eight months. Surveillance officers watched Gerard McTaggart, 47, of Glasgow, delivering bags containing thousands of pounds in cash to several locations lin

Elgin’s Procurator Fiscal office is going green to tackle climate change. The premises in South Street will close from Monday, August 14, for up to nine months to allow extensive decarbonisation works to be carried out.

A former GP practice manager whose crimes forced a surgery to close has been ordered to pay back a total of £41,157 under the Proceeds of Crime Act following a conviction for embezzlement. Jacqueline Rodger, 56, had admitted embezzling £155,012 from Greenhills medical practice in East Ki